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Hey, WomenFly2 that's some idea! Can you come up with flight characteristics of that D VIII ? And I will investigate for the modelling program. I'm sure I can learn to build that craft. I think, Hauksbee will help me there. What d'you say?

Hi, Creaghorn Where did the Austrians fight? I still hope, we receive an OEFAG Albatros from the devels, and would like to fly it then. When my pilot from Jasta 9 dies or retires, I will start the new one in "Siggi/Creaghorn mode" - you two have shown, how it should be done.

Hell's Angels - for the great Zeppelin scenes alone The Blue Max and Aces High for the athmosphere of the airfields and fights then The Red Baron - for the feel of some (other, not the Baron's) Jasta, and (mostly) good aircraft scenes The Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines - for the great humour

If you are a fighter, you'll learn it. Flying first, fighting second. If not, you'll give up. I don't know anyone who managed to give it up for longer than two days. So, welcome to the addicts' mess, Jim. Rudder is essential on these crates. So you either get a good twist stick, or pedals. And one day, after many crashes, you won't understand anymore, why it first was so difficult. That's when the lady allows you to imagine, that YOU fly HER...

Regardless, I still have a devil of a time surviving in those things no matter what handles are there and/or function! They are my favorite fighter and I can't give them up. Hey? This man is sympathic to me.

Here you can learn some English poetry and wisdom. I must try to translate some of that. What does the "copybook heading" mean ?

It's a pleasure to help you, Red Dog, as you are here with so much enthusiasm and joy.

Go to "my controls" above right, there to "manage attachments" left side, down. There you can let show all the attachments you made. Often several pages (see page numbers at the top right). Throw away those, you don't think they would be looked at anymore (oldest pages or minor themes).

No, Red Dog, this doesn't happen to the ones we shoot down. Did you never realise, that Winder & Co. stop the planes from falling all the fatal way down ? It stops before, in mid air, and they are either regarded killed, or they can even carry on. No bloody war here. So calm down and carry on, fighter.

Ont this site, I only found one picture of the "Gisi" craft, where the handle is seen. www.earlyaviator.com Interesting site with loads of pictures, by the way. Edit: More pics with handle. These show best, that it was for the radiator.

Red Dog, I had to throw some old attachments away, as I had reached the max. attachment amount. If that's not the case - make sure, you don't have made the pics with more than one layer. It should be reduced on one (background) layer, before making the JPEG.

(From a distance, through the drone of an inline engine): "...Mmmuahahahahaaaaa!!!"

Oh, my! Sorry for you, Creaghorn, my condolences about your pilot. Next time, you better retire him - with so many sorties, hours and kills, he would have deserved it. And then, you can always leave him in the log book, retired, but alive. My best pilot is only just getting towards the 17 hour mark, with 17 confirmed kills. And even for him, I'm getting more and more nervous each sortie. He's in August 1918. Will he make it to the end of the war?

Hey, WomenFly2, here's some good post news for you and all: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?s=&am...st&p=288544 But apart from that, I believe to know the devels good enough now to think, that they won't make any poll or debate about the next craft to come. They will rather go after history, importance, production numbers - not what anyone would LIKE to see. And so, I'm afraid your D VIII may have come too late and in too little numbers, to get included. (But I'd like her, too!)

Wow! Hats off to Rudyard Kipling! (Didn't know that artillery men read such prose?)

People who do this sort of thing have no brains, No, Tonyo, it's even worse. They have brains, but don't know what better things to do with them. Instead of being creative, they destroy. The lowest form of existence.

Ham, the death of the first pilots hurts most. But you'll get used to it after many flights. It will only get really good, when you accepted, that you're not good enough yet. Because then you begin to do things better and better. You let the desire go, to be an "instant ace" - and learn how to do it. And then, only then, you realise one day, that you have reached the 17 hour mark! I have three first names - Detlev Juergen Guenther - and so I use these three for 3 pilots. If one dies, I clear the log, and enlist another with the same name. I'm flying this sim since February 20st, I died a hundred times, and only now am I getting close to the 17 hour mark with also a good kill tally of 17 so far. And now, the nervousness returns on this pilot...

I like the last line of that review, said about "Over Flanders Fields": Nothing will ever top that! And now, back to the cockpits, gentlemen!...

Exactly, Creaghorn. The dynamics rather take place in your pilot's fight to survive all this. My best pilot now has reached 15.30 hours, 49 claims, and 17 confirmed victories; it's August, 10th; war comes to it's final part. The Entente is sending in more and more craft, and I feel like a child in a proud castle of sand, when the tide comes in. All I can do, is give them a good fight. The dynamic about my own fate is, whether I will survive it to the last day, or retire at the right moment, or die. For me, that is good enough. I knew when I started, that the Imperial forces lost it in the end.

Yes, TrackIR helps there, plus zooming one or two dots out. Some crates have rather bad views (like the Nieuport triangle, the Pup "ring cushion" etc.), but if you want good, clear view, I highly recommend the Albatros (all since D III) or the Pfalz (but she is not so agile for turn fighting). For me there's no plane with a better view than an Albatros D III or D V / D Va.

No, RedDog - to prevent you and Widowmaker, Rickitycrate and myself, from trying to win the war single-handed, they didn't do that. But you seem to have an influence on your personal carreer. I think, when you complete the mission task as good as possible, you might be promoted to a higher rank earlier, whereas when you rather take on every dogfight and collect kills, you receive more medals.

...perhaps the best flight sim EVER! Welcome again, Slick Wilhelm and if you eliminate the "perhaps", we could become good friends (Lol!) Yes, it IS so great! I wish you many immersive flights. If you want to fly without "radar" and as a leader, you best press "R" for Return whereever you change directions. Also, don't fly away from your field, unless all wings are close to you (I use 65% throttle, so they can catch up). Then they should be with you. And sometimes, you'll need them! (At least as witnesses). My Wingman No.1 has saved my bum several times, when I called for Help "H".

Well, it's bad enough for everyone involved - I hope they all got out with no more than minor injuries.

Hi, Widow As OvS said - too purple. The tail section bit that's missing must be that panel above the upper fuselabe side, below the above fuselage back (I think).

Hey, Widow, good idea! Why not? I'll try, how it would look on my "Weisser Adler" Albatros (White Eagle). If I change it, I'll post it here.